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The Three Line Items That Quietly Kill Capital Project ROI
When a capital project underperforms, the post-mortem usually focuses on the wrong numbers. The change orders get audited. The scope creep gets blamed. Someone produces a variance report — and the real leaks stay hidden in plain sight.
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